Richard Nations/contributing writer MACON – Missouri Baptists were introduced to new options for “Explore the Bible” study curriculum in an April statewide tour with LifeWay Christian Resources specialist Sergio Arce. Arce indicated there is a major facelift of the material being introduced in September, and this line of curriculum will have options for students, children and preschoolers which they do not currently offer. The tour had stops in almost all regions of the state. Mark … [Read more...]
Church ‘replants’ on rise, panelists say
KANSAS CITY (BP) – About 1,000 Southern Baptist churches close their doors each year. But a generation of pastors committed to church revitalization could reduce that number dramatically, Johnny Hunt and panelists at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s inaugural Legacy Church Planting Roundtable said. “Midwestern Seminary was honored to host the inaugural Legacy Church Planting Roundtable,” Midwestern President Jason K. Allen said. “I am praying that church replanting, or … [Read more...]
First Gallatin ministers to ‘thirsty’ Haitian village
GALLATIN – Wisny Exima says “thank you” in a most meaningful way. The gospel preacher from Haiti led the morning worship service at First Baptist Church, here, March 30, by giving thanks for a most precious commodity: water. In his mountainside community of Ma Rouge, there has been no rainfall since October. Yet during this five-month period, the Haitian people there have had water to meet their needs due to a gift from First Baptist Gallatin. Originally, a $10,000 donation was sent to the … [Read more...]
Scoffer becomes preacher
Bill Dudley and a group of his teenage friends rode in a pickup truck over to a revival tent to make fun of the people attending and making decisions that night. “I was 17, and I stopped going to church when I was twelve,” Dudley, now pastor of First Baptist Church, St. Robert, said. “So my friends and I thought it would be fun to make fun of the revival. We wanted to have a few laughs.” Dudley said it was a two-week revival in Ganter, Texas, held at the end of July through the beginning … [Read more...]
National Day of Prayer
Don Hinkle, Pathway Editor and Director of Public Policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention, and Mark Snowden, Evangelism-Discipleship Specialist for the Missouri Baptist Convention, share about what can be expected at the upcoming 2014 National Day of Prayer. … [Read more...]
‘Pacesetter’ churches report on ‘what works’ in baptisms
JEFFERSON CITY – Mark Snowden, evangelism/discipleship strategist for the Missouri Baptist Convention has been picking apart the Annual Church Profile (ACP) data on baptisms, reaching out to churches of various sizes that report the most baptisms and compiling their success stories. “Each year we celebrate categories of churches based on size,” Snowden said. “Missouri Baptists call this the Pacesetters. I asked several of the pastors and ministers of missions how they had baptisms and what … [Read more...]
Adopting God’s logic: Missouri Baptist family eager to welcome home three new children
KANSAS CITY – After almost a year of prayer and seeking God’s will and promises through Scripture, Amber Rust was ready to proceed with the next steps of the adoption. But her husband, Tyler, still wasn’t sure. Tyler’s reasoning and God’s calling weren’t in alignment, and he couldn’t find the peace that he desperately desired. They had identified the two children they believed the Lord wanted them to adopt. Massah, a 6-year-old girl, and Ibrahim, a 2-year-old boy, are around the same age … [Read more...]
‘Home-field’ helps St. Louis church planters
TOBIN PERRY/North American Mission Board ST. LOUIS - When Steven Helfrich first sensed God leading him into church planting while still a student, he figured it would be in some far-off land where customs would be different and language would be a barrier. Since his wife came from Poland, the idea of church planting in Europe made a lot of sense. Matt Bartig served as a youth pastor in churches throughout the United States – and never dreamed he’d return to the St. Louis area to start … [Read more...]
Ukraine: MO churches partner with Ukrainian Baptist Seminary
LVIV, Ukraine – Although he was born under the shadow of the Soviet regime, 36-year-old Baptist seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh never imagined that he would now face what, according to some news agencies, could become “the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.” With support from Missouri Baptist churches, Pyzh and his students at the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary labor to spread the hope of the gospel throughout Ukraine as Russia amasses and shuffles its troops … [Read more...]
Canaan Baptist sends team to West Africa
ST. LOUIS – Canaan Baptist Church here sent a four-person mission team across the world, Jan. 19-Feb. 2, to proclaim God’s Word among an unreached, unengaged people group in West Africa. According to Canaan Baptist pastor Daniel Carr, the recent mission team went to West Africa with the express purpose of sharing the gospel. “We’re not there to build buildings. We’re not there to help out with humanitarian relief. We’re there to share the gospel,” Carr said, explaining that such … [Read more...]
MBTS launches training network with churches
Tim Sweetman/Baptist Press KANSAS CITY (BP) – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has launched its Midwestern Training Network (MTN), a partnership that includes St. Louis-area church The Journey as the first of 30-plus churches that have joined the ministry initiative. The network is a group of churches and individuals partnering with Midwestern Seminary to establish an accredited, accessible and affordable master of arts in theological studies degree program with emphases in … [Read more...]
Revival sweeps across Southeast Missouri
MOREHOUSE – Randy Conn understands the difference between a revival meeting and a revival. He and others in the Charleston Baptist Association are seeing the results of a real revival. Five churches in the association finished simultaneous March revival services in a two-week span with some outstanding results: 59 professions of faith, resulting in18 baptisms so far, and 10 rededications. The participating churches were First Baptist, Morehouse; First Baptist, East Prairie; First … [Read more...]
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